Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

ana IflnClpal 4. ID. Mead. Felday even
ing, February %, readings will be gwen
there VIII also he music and dec
lamations. March II Prof eager
of Middlebury college will deliver "a lee
ture entitled across the Atlantic from
Old York to Old Amsterdam :" March %,
DR.. {. ID. Hawley will give u medical
talk. Members Of the association and of
the young woman's auxiliary are ad-
mitted free to the entertainments, and an
admission fee of IL cents is charged all
others. ..F Frank Hall returned home
from Montreal saturday night. The
lecture at the hall Of the Y. NJ. G. A. Fri
day evening was delivered by Principal
Howard of the Burlington grammar
school His subject was digestion" and
the lecture was most excellent one. 1t
was illustrated by stereopticon views, and
many views of scenes and places of public
interest were given after the lecture .....
There will be a meeting of the civil au-
thority Monday forenoon at the town
clerk $ Office for the abatement of taxes
and the transaction of other business.
The winter meeting of the ministers of
the Episcopalian church of Vermont will
be held here on Tuesday and Wednesday.
There will be public meetings on Tuesday
evening and Wednesday morning ......
a. L. TuDper, Esq, has gone down to
Manchester, \. H., to pay a visit to his
daughter and son.in-law, Rev and Mrs.
G.. ). Murkiand. w. II. Bliss, his part
ner, is somewhat under the weather, .....
Thomas Roach, son of James Roach,
whose severe injury in a street car at
Schenectady, n. Y, has been noticed in
the FREE PRESS, has come to his tathers s
and is slowly recovering. 49,. James +.
Negus came home Friday and is quite un.
well. Mrs. Negus will be away visiting
friends for some weeks.
South Hero.
The Young Peoples Christian Endeav-
or society, will give an oyster supper al
| the Congregational church, next Wednes
day evening. Lee all who wish to helI
and encourage the young people attend
it. The society have put off their regular
meeting until Saturday evening. go.
There were 20 new me ID berS Joined the
Congregational chnrch last Sabbath. ......
| The roads to Burlington were never better
| than they are now, which is very faVOrd
bic for those drawing grain and also fol
the many who will attend the carniva
..... Wednesday evening the 10th vii
commence a series of meetings to he helC
at Grand Isle. Elder Culver from St
Albans and Rev Mr Ford from Georgii
will help conduct them.
Isle La Motto.
The hardest storm of the season occur
red last Friday, and the party that wa
Vissee NeIis.a and I ilIian Wa7I nod =,
| be postponed until some future time. 49,.
cnnnt nf tba daaU snnv III r'h. soci,hI- U,
ot Wr E,i uoicoppiu i,.t TbnrsIov ni',bt
VS. n,,ita ite ai ottemdeJ
the hnrd h,n,y fron, the oonth Rav
7 NJ AtynoJ Of West RandnInh one y
onr forn,sr Wethodist n,stnrU pS' w.ps in oIv row,
Iast ~ aiso pav fWr KaIi", 80 of ~
Advent persuasj15n Rev. Mr.. Culye
of ST. A lbans. our presidinp elder. was |,
town last Friday and held his last oua1
terly conference for this town for tn,
present conference wear. Hon. Fl. c
! HIN and Hon. $. II. Pike attended tn
Montreal carnival. go. Mr.. n. w. Fisl
left last Friday for three weeks visit t.
New York city. Miss Flora Hill o
Rutland Is visiting relatives and friend
in town. 80. About 40 attended the dona
ton at North Hero from our town for tn
benefit or the hev Z. W. Ross. ...: MIS-
Florence Wltherell Is the guest OF Mrs